Reddit mentions of One Line A Day: A Five-Year Memory Book (5 Year Journal, Daily Journal, Yearly Journal, Memory Journal)

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I've heard a lot of people say good things about this one:
https://www.amazon.com/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480439032&sr=8-4&keywords=5+year+diary

I have a Line A Day kind of journal that I'm using now. It has ~365 or more pages and each page represents one day. On each page there is an entry for 5 separate years. On each day, you're supposed to write 2-3 sentences for this year's entry.

Some days I write really small to cram a bunch of stuff, other days, I'll only write a sentence.

I write in it every few days, but fill in each day mostly because I'm too busy or tired.

I'm not really a writer but a lot of life changing stuff happened in the last two years and I'm sad now that I didn't document that progression. It would have been nice to read back on those days.

Although back in the day I had a xanga and reading back on those entries were so cringe worthy.

I've also gifted these types of journals to other people. I don't really ask them about it but I do hope they're using them.

This is the one I have: http://amzn.com/0811870197

There's also a mom version which I gave to my bf's sister who just had a baby. I was thinking that if she kept up with it she could see the progression on the growth of her child through her words over the 5 years.

I've been doing this for a while now (couple years) by virtue of a very nice, inexpensive journal, called One Line A Day (that's just a link to Amazon, could be purchased many places). It seems like such a simple thing, making the barrier to writing go away by keeping it short has really helped. And those short entries are still long enough to jog the memory of an important moment.

I have a 5 year journal ... I'm actually on year 3 already!

It's great because it only gives you enough space (like 5 lines) a day to only write a couple of sentences. I focus on just what I did that day - what I ate, where I went. Whenever I Look at past entries I can always read between the lines and know what was going on in my head... after all, I'm just writing for myself, and not for anyone else.

Congrats on 29 days! :)

I've been recently experiencing the same thing. It seems as though life is speeding up and leaving my memories behind in the dust. I've been using a "one line a day" journal for about a year now. Though it doesn't come anywhere close to solving the problem, it has definitely helped me to remember lots of things that I otherwise would have forgotten. I very much enjoyed the article, I'll be following your blog from now on, thank you!

Set both short term and long term goals (write them down) and have something to look forward to. Exercise. Sometimes I will write on a post-it a day what I would like to accomplish and put it on my bathroom mirror. Even when I am severely depressed, I put a time frame on everything and dream about the future to keep myself going.

I try to write down one positive thing in one line a day.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197

Hope this helps

Nah, I struggle with it all the time...

Usually it's survival.

I've screwed up enough things to know that if I don't do the hard thing and get it done up front, it'll bite me in the ass in the long run.

Mundanely: putting off car maintenance will wreck your week later in life when you're either paying for and waiting for a long repair time. Which sucks.

At work... I work for the government. There's so much laziness and inadequacy running amok there and I can't stand it. So I'm driven to get done what I can.

It's not easy, it's frustrating, but if not me, then who? I spend a lot of time depressed and angry about shit I can't control and shit I don't get done.

It doesn't get easy but it does get easier.

What has helped me...is that even on my laziest, grass eating, star gazing, hog in the mud kind of day...I still get more shit done than 3/4s of the folks I could compare myself to. I could always make the jump to close the gap between me and that last quarter, but I've got no delusions of being the next Steve Jobs, Zukerberg, or any other number of un-likables who are uber productive.

What I get done is fine. Hell, I don't (and you don't) even have to compare yourself to that other 3/4s. Just do your thing, because despite how you feel, I'm sure your probably more productive than you think.

Someone once told me that the only person you need to impress at make happy work is your boss. (and maybe their boss).

You thought about journaling? I keep two. One for home and one for work. At home I have a 5 year journal at work I have a simple bound book. I kind of recap my day before bed and before quitting time. At the end of the month, I can look back and see what I've done. It kind of help, the list of crap to do is always huge, but we see that more than what we've done. This look back helps me to see that.

Careful though, finding and selecting a journal can be a rabbit hole.

At home I have a levenger 5 year journa because I thought this was too pretty: https://www.amazon.com/One-Line-Day-Five-Year-Memory/dp/0811870197/ref=pd_sim_14_13?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=J5M7J5KZPSJFDV7XCZNG at work I use a simple hard cover notebook I keep in my desk. Something like this: https://smile.amazon.com/DIY-Indispensables-Military-Hardcover-Notebook/dp/B01BCUT2GE/ref=pd_sbs_229_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7DJTC9SPAKVCQHMYPR0F (these are nifty because you can get military covers and stuff for them if you want).

The work one is not a place for your deepest darkest secrets, it's just a record of what you've done for the day and anything memorable.It also comes in handy in case you're sued, or investigated. But that's another matter.

For me, they let me see what I've been doing and let me adjust or tune up and remotivate periodically.

I've just started keeping both again. After a year without I really missed their benefits. It's also handy at eval time as I have a record of the stuff I've been doing. If I've forgotten, I know my boss has too.

My work life is wired pretty tight, my home productivity is a wreck, but I've gotten better over the years.

I feel like I'm rambling, I hope I'm helping.

It's called One Line A Day. Each page is divided into five sections and it gives you just enough room to write a few sentences about your day.

It's cheaper on amazon!

A friend got me this, and I love it!

i based mine off the "One Line a Day" concept. i allot two or three lines in my notebook each day, and jot down a sentence (or two on especially good days) about what the high points of that day was. sometimes it's a long run-on sentence of all the fun things I did that day, sometimes it's just "lyanna mormot is is still the best GOT character ever". it doesn't improve writing skills but does make me reflect a bit before i go to bed (although i also do spend more time at work backtracking happy thoughts than i would like!)